Strobe array for dance parties

Check out this slick strobe array for dance parties. Controlled by a DMX512 interface, only a small modification was necessary to get the strobes working. If you’ve played with a small commercial strobe light, you’ll know there’s a potentiometer to control the strobe speed. He simply soldered a relay after the pot. This allows him to tune them to be charged and ready for when the relay is closed.

a little more documentation would be nice. I am quite interested in making one of these. Fortunately, I have a few of these strobes kicking around, so imma poke their guts and see if there isn’t a better way to control the strobe than just a relay. I used three of these cheap strobes in a play and they were quite unreliable even when on a non-dimming circuit.

@Jake: wow, slither out of your study session for a minute and make a friend… or two! And I don’t mean your virtual friends on WoW/teh intertubes, but real-life physical friends – and not the kind that will just sit in a circle with you hunched over while throwing >6-sided dice all day.

@Erik & friends
No, I have a life, I just don’t get the “go hang out in a room and move around pointlessly” thing.

My idea of having fun is hiking in a state park, or building/working on something with friends, or riding motorcycles… Basically, doing something meaningful with close friends and family, something that builds memories with the people that I love!

I guess I just don’t understand people that party. The party lifestyle is meaningless and fleeting, but it seems to take kids years to figure this out. It should be simple, logic :/

@M4CGYV3R
i believe the standard way is to stick an rs485 converter onto the UART and then configuring to port to the standard protocol settings for dmx, its a fairly relaxed protocol with regard to timings

Respectfully Jake, if you need it explained it’s doubtful you’ll understand. Kinda like the person who has to have it explained to them why other folks enjoy what you do, may not understand. Like many I never lived in an either or world. Party Saturday night, get up on Sunday to do the things you mentioned.